Fruit holder



May 26, .1981. MLASHR. 1,806,631

FRUIT HOLDER Filed June (25, 1930 In'vntor raieaiea-May ze, 1931 MARTHA' nasi-ran, or iviIAiviI, ii'LoainA i FRUiT HoLnEn Application filed June 23,

p This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fruit holders and aims to provide arhighlyV novel, efficient and useful holder for halves of grape fruit, oraiige's, and

the like to permit the same to be properlyV eaten at the table without any lia-bility of the same dropping from the table and, without requiring unusual difficulty on the part of the eater to hold the fruit while scooping the same from its skin.

In carrying out the present invention tliere is provided a holder thatmay be constructed of high grade or ineXpensiVe metal and that is further so constructed as to be readily adjusted for holding fruit of various sizes, and

this in a very secure manner to precludeanyV i possibility of the fruit dropping therefrom.

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. ing upon the size of'the fruit to be arranged- D i knees, the lowerend portions of each leg be- ,In the drawings whereiii like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in both of the views: p

Figure 1 is a top plan fview of my improved fruit'holder, and

Figura 2 is a side e'levation thereof.

Now having particular reference to the drawings, my novel holder 'consists of 'a spring metal band 5, the length ofthe material forming the same being such that the ends tliereof will have considerahle overlapping relation as clearly disclosed. At 'one end of this band the same is formed with spaced openings 6, while the edges at the opposite end of the band are of inwardly tapering formation as-indicated in Figure 2, the extremity of this end being bent inwardly to provide a hook 7 for'eiigagenient in any predeterinined one of said openings depend'- therein. p i i Furtherinore the inner surface of this band 5 isrformed or'equipped at predetermined spaced points with inwardly eXtend-- ing tines 8 for eiigagemei'it within the fruit to preolude turning of the same within the band or in fact inovement of the same in any direction.

i pended claim.

1880. seriai No. 488,828.

support-ing teeth 10. Intermediate the ends of these legs the material forming the same are bent inwardly in relatively wide curves to provide knees 11 upon which lthe section of fruit disposed within the bandV 5 will rest, it being understood that the upper edge of the fruit will be disposed substantially fiuslr Withl the upper edge. of said band.

The outer surface of the band may be and preferably is provided with any' predetermined Character of spoon holder 12.

It will thus be seen that I have provided highly novel, useful and inexpensive holder for fruits, such' as grape fruit, oraiiges and the like that is well adapted for vall the purelements it is nevertheless to beunderstood that some changes may be made therein withi out affecting the spirit and scope of the ap- I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim as new is: i i i In a fruit holder of the character desoribed, a split band, 'oneend of the said band being tapered to a point, the opposite end portion of the band being forlned with a plurality of longitudinally spaced ocnings into one of which the pointedz endV portion of -the tapered end of the bandmay be 4hent for so` i olamping the band to the fruit, prongs projecting inwardly from the inner face of the material and adapted to support the hands at their upper e1ids,- the intermediate portioiisfi of `each. leg being Curved inwardly to provide ing bent outwardly to provide a support-ing foot. i

' hand, and leg members constructed of spring In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

MARTH LASI-IER.

At predetermined spaced points at the lower edge of the VVhand 5 there is provided depending supporting legs 9 preferablythree i in number, the lower ends of these legs being bent'outwardly at rightl angles to` 'provide 

